Meeting notes 11-10

Published: November 10, 2012 4:00 AM

TOPS 1249

When TOPS OH No. 1249 Wooster met Oct. 23 at First Church of God 17 members weighed in. Following the TOPS and KOPS pledges, Sherrie Painter took roll call. For the week the chapter had a loss of 4 pounds.

Barb Harvey was Loser of the Week and Betsy Bower was the Rededicated Loser. All of the KOPS weighed in below goal and Linda Greegor's name was drawn as KOPS of the Week. Painter's name was drawn from the Bear With It jar and she will get her dues paid if she returns with a loss at the next meeting. Sue Garver was the Fish Bowl winner and had her dues paid.

Painter and Judy Devault were the Diet Buddy winners and each took home $3. Bower's name was drawn from the HaHa Box and she took home $1. Wanda Acord's name was drawn from the KOPS Can and she received $2. Alida Carter presented a program about apples. Members were given 10 different apple varieties and were asked to identify them. She said that worldwide there are 7,500 different apple varieties. Greegor won the ID contest with five of the 10 correct. Carter gave members a word search puzzle about apples.

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Caring Therapy Canines

The board of Caring Therapy Canines met Oct. 14 to hear officer reports and plan the annual awards banquet. The group is seeking members in Holmes County due to requests for visits being received from the area.

Two volunteers from the group will conduct an annual review of the treasury records at the beginning of 2013. This will be an annual practice from now on.

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The next therapy dog certification testing will be held Nov. 18. For more information, please call Brenda Ziegler at 330-345-3569.

NAIFA

When Wayne-Holmes NAIFA met Sept. 13, Jeff Griffin, president of the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce, discussed economic development in Wooster and the surrounding area. He discussed many positive developments that have occurred.

John Kinkopf discussed the Lifetime Achievement Award. Members are encouraged to nominate one of the local NAIFA members by submitting a nomination form. An email was sent out to all members with a description of the award and the nomination form. Forms should be submitted by the end of November. Kinkopf gave a briefing on the National NAIFA meeting that was held recently in Las Vegas.

President Karen Fike-Henderson awarded previous president Dean Streit with a plaque and gavel for serving in 2011-2012.

When NAIFA met Oct. 11, State Representative Ron Amstutz spoke about the local and state economy. Amstutz is the current chairman of the Ways & Means and Economic Development committee and discussed many tax issues for the state of Ohio.

There will be no meeting in December.

Wooster Friends of the Wayne County Public Library

The annual meeting of the Wooster Friends of the Wayne County Library took place Oct. 22. President Becky Weaver spoke to about 150 members and guests about the Friends' mission and what it has done in the past year. Members voted a change in the bylaws that encourages the outgoing president to remain on the board during the following year in order to advise the new president. The membership elected Pat Miles as president and Tom Teckman as vice-president. Kathy Kapp will fill the member-at-large position vacated by Teckman.

Featured speakers were Linda and Dave Bush on their year-long cruise around the eastern United States. It including up the Atlantic coast and the Hudson River, through the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes to Chicago, down the Mississippi and Tombigbee rivers to the Gulf then around Florida to the point from which they began. The program was interesting and well-received. It had been arranged by Lynne Buss.